Genesis 2:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 2:15

13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is ^aHiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of² Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Then the Lord God took¹ the man and put him in the garden of Eden to² tend and keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ^ayou shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it ^byou shall surely ^cdie.”

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; ^aI will make him a helper comparable to him.”

19 ^aOut of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and ^bbrought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

21 And the Lord God caused a ^adeep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He¹ made into a woman, ^aand He ^bbrought her to the man.

23 And Adam said:
“This is now ^abone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called¹ Woman,
Because she was ^btaken out of Man.”

24 ^aTherefore a man shall leave his father and mother and ^bbe joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

25 ^aAnd they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ^bashamed.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 2:15

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard {and} keep it.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

Good News Bible
Then the LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it.

King James Version
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

New International Version
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

New King James Version
Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

New English Translation
The Lord God took the man and placed¹ him in the orchard in² Eden to care for it and to maintain it.³

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